Perspective is the way in which artists create an illusion of depth on a flat surface. For hundreds of years painters have tried to represent accurately a scene that exists in three dimensions on a two-dimensional canvas. One of the ways to create this illusion is to make the objects that are far away smaller than those that are closer to the viewer.

Just as stage designers use lighting to spotlight a performer, painters will often highlight important elements in paintings

Use of different colors provide emphasis, emotion, etc. Often colors highlight parts of an image to draw specific attention to it.

By using light and shadows, artists give volume to their subjects. One way one can give figures three-dimensional form is to reflect light off their bodies and paint shadows cast by them.

Depicting motion is a technique painters use to keep our attention focused on the picture.

Proportion usually refers to the way different elements in a painting relate to each other in terms of size.

Many artists include items that symbolize other items, emotions, beliefs, ideas, etc.

An identifiable path of a point moving in space. It can vary in width, direction, and length.

WHAT IS PAINT MADE OUT OF ?Paint can be made out of many things . But all paints include a pigment, binders, solvent, and a wide range of additives.

The pigment is the thing that gives paint its colour.

The binder is the part that causes the paint to form a film.

The solvent helps to control the flow and application.

The additives can help to modify the paint in many ways .

Three types of paint .......

1: Watercolour

2: Oils

3: Acrylics

Watercolour: Is a painting method . A Is a painting method . A watercolour is the medium or the resulting watercolour is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paint are made of pigment artwork in which the paint are made of pigment suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The suspended in a water soluble vehicle. The traditional and most common support for traditional and most common support for watercolour painting is paper other support watercolour painting is paper other support include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or include papyrus, bark papers, plastics, vellum or leather, fabric, wood and canvas. Watercolours leather, fabric, wood and canvas. Watercolours are usually transparent and appear luminous are usually transparent and appear luminous because the pigments are laid down in a because the pigments are laid down in a relatively pure from with few fillers obscuring the relatively pure from with few fillers obscuring the pigments colour. pigments colour.

Oils paint :Oil paint is a type of slow drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint maybe modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried oil paint film. Oil paint have been used in Europe since the 12th century for simple decoration but were not widely adopted as an artistic medium until the early 15th century. Common modern applications of oil paint are in finishing and protection of wood in building and exposed metal structures such as ships and bridges. Its hard wearing properties and luminous colours make it desirable for both interior and exterior use on wood and metal. Because of iuts slow drying properties it has recently been used in paint on glass animation.

Acrylic: is the fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paint can be diluted with water, but become water resistant when dry . Depending on how much the paint is diluted ( with water) or modified with acrylic gels, media, or pastes the finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolour or an oil painting or have its own unique characteristics not attainable with other media .